Books & arts
22 October 2021
Signs suggest the pen might no longer be mightier than the sword
National affairs
22 October 2021
South Australia’s Liberals have been creating national headlines for all the wrong reasons
Books & arts
22 October 2021
Celebrity classicist Mary Beard turns sleuth in an entertaining account of the long afterlife of twelve emperors
National affairs
20 October 2021
As Australia continues to dodge, the International Energy Agency issues a blueprint for action
National affairs
18 October 2021
Australia got a new president this week. But it’s not a name you might recognise
International
14 October 2021
The political risk was missing from the price tag of the Czech PM’s luxury hideaway
From the archive
14 October 2021
Why is Australia among the few Western countries that don’t tax inheritances?
International
14 October 2021
With anti-nuclear sentiment on the rise across the islands, the Morrison government’s nuclear submarine ambitions have undercut the prime minister’s claim to be part of the…
Books & arts
12 October 2021
A rollercoaster account of life during China’s era of excess throws indirect light on Xi Jinping’s presidency
National affairs
8 October 2021
Where do the “Voices” campaigns have their best chances of winning seats at the next federal election?
National affairs
8 October 2021
Did the campaign to punish Melbourne’s daily papers for questioning Dan Andrews’s government hit its mark?
International
7 October 2021
Next month’s plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee will be anything but normal
National affairs
6 October 2021
Has the NSW environment minister changed the new premier’s mind about climate?
National affairs
5 October 2021
A male-dominated political culture runs deep
National affairs
4 October 2021
Australia’s retreat to the Anglosphere has implications beyond defence and trade
National affairs
3 October 2021
The distinctive political culture of New South Wales could reach its apogee — with national effects — when Dominic Perrottet takes the top job
International
3 October 2021
The US president knows very well what history says about protracted and acrimonious legislative disputes
National affairs
1 October 2021
What drives Darren Chester, the Nationals MP who has boycotted his own party room?
International
29 September 2021
Britain’s shape-shifting PM wanted to take the lead on climate, but he didn’t anticipate how hard that would be
International
28 September 2021
Almost every party claims to have done well in Sunday’s election, but forming a new government requires an unprecedented coalition of three parties
Books & arts
27 September 2021
The first full biography of Scott Morrison tracks a sometimes rocky ride to the prime ministership
Essays & reportage
24 September 2021
John Elliott — who died this week — in many ways personified the business excesses of Australia’s 1980s
Essays & reportage
24 September 2021
A long process of change has reached its apogee in the prime ministership of Scott Morrison
National affairs
24 September 2021
It might be ill-conceived, but at least the latest inquiry into housing affordability is generating high-quality evidence
International
24 September 2021
The Canadian PM squeaks back into office after facing his most formidable opponent so far
National affairs
22 September 2021
Female politicians are no longer rare, and the prospect of a female PM nowhere near as challenging. What seems to matter is how they get there
From the archive
17 September 2021
In a compelling first draft of history, historian Adam Tooze captures an unstable, interconnected world
National affairs
15 September 2021
Is Kristina Keneally’s arrival in Fowler a symptom of Labor’s fear of the electorate?
International
14 September 2021
In the second part of our series on this month’s German election, our correspondent wonders about what has been left out of the debate
National affairs
14 September 2021
The post-Delta economic boom will be shorter and smaller, but it might be the government’s last chance to implement reform during good times